Spirituality course: week 7
Building on the last two weeks, this week the focus will be on remembering who we really are, which includes remembering who everyone else is. To illustrate, another story about the little soul.
The Little Soul and the Sun: part 2
There is a second half to the parable. Here it is:
"You may choose to be any Part of God you wish to be," I said to the Little Soul. "You are Absolute Divinity, experiencing Itself. What Aspect of Divinity do you now wish to experience as You?"
"You mean I have a choice?" asked the Little Soul. And I answered, "Yes. You may choose to experience any Aspect of Divinity in, as, and through you."
"Okay," said the Little Soul, "then I choose Forgiveness. I want to experience my Self as that Aspect of God called Complete Forgiveness."
Well, this created a little challenge as you can imagine.
There was no one to forgive. All I have created is Perfection and Love.
"No one to forgive?" asked the Little Soul, somewhat incredulously.
"No on," I repeated. "Look around you. Do you see any souls less perfect, less wonderfull than you?"
At this the Little Soul twirled around, and was suprised to see himself surrounded by all the souls in heaven. They had come from far and wide throughout the Kingdom, because they heard that the Little Soul hwas having and extraordinary conversation with God.
"I see none less perfect than I!" the Little Soul exclaimed. "Who, then, shall I have to forgive?"
Just then, another soul stepped forward from the crowd. "You may forgive me," said this Friendly Soul.
"For what?" the Little Soul asked.
"I will come into your next physical lifetime and do something for you to forgive," replied the Friendly Soul.
"But what? What could you, a being of such Perfect Light, do to make me want to forgive you?" the Little Soul wanted to know.
"Oh," smiled the Friendly Soul, "I'm sure we can think of something."
"But why would you want to do this?" The Little Soul could not figure out why a being of such perfection would want to slow down its vibration so much that it could actually do something "bad."
"Simple," the Friendly Soul explained, "I would do it because I love you. You want to experience your Self as Forgiving, don't you? Besides, you've done the same for me?"
"I have?" asked the Little Soul.
"Of course. Don't you remember? We've been All Of It, you and I. We've been the Up and the Down of it, and the Left and the Right of it. We've been the Here and the There of it, and the Now and the Then of it. We've been the Big and the Small of it, the Male and the Female of it, the Good and the Bad of it. We've all been the All of It.
"And we've done it by agreement, so that each of us might experience ourselves as The Grandest Part of God. For we have understood that...
"In the absence of that which You Are Not, that Which You ARE, is NOT."
"In the absence of 'cold,' you cannot be 'warm.' In the absence of 'sad,' you cannot be 'happy,' without a thing called 'evil,' the experience you call 'good' cannot exist.
If you choose to be a thing, something or someone opposite to that has to show up somewhere in your universe to make that possible."
The Friendly Soul then explained that those people are God's Special Angles, and these are the conditions of God's Gifts.
"I ask only one thing in return," the Friendly Soul declared.
"Anything! Anything!" the Little Soul cried. He was excited now to know that he could experience every Divine Aspect of God. He understood, now, The Plan.
"In the moment that I strick you and smite you," said the Friendly Sould, "in the moment that I do the worst to you that you could ever imagine - in that self-same moment...remember Who I Really Am."
"Oh, I won't forget!" promised the Little Soul. "I will see you in the perfection with which I hold you now, and I will remember Who You Are, always."
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This ends the parable, but I want to include the next two paragraphs from the book to really sum it up
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That is...that is an extraordinary story, and incredible parable.
And the promise of the Little Soul is the promise I make to you. That is what is unchanging. Yet have you, My Little Soul, kept this promise to others?
No. I'm sad to say I have not.
Do not be sad. Be happy to notice what is true, and be joyous in your decision to live a new truth. For god is a work in progress, and so are you. And remember this always: If you saw you as God sees you, you would smile a lot.
So go now and see each other as Who You Really Are.
Observe. Observe. Observe.
I have told you - the major difference between you and highly evolved beings is that highly evolved beings observe more.
If you wish to increase the speed with which you are evolving, seek to observe more.
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From Conversations with God book 3 by Neale Donald Walsch, page 347 paperback edition
Homework: Choose 2 people in your life who you are not the most fond of. This could be someone who treats you poorly at school/work, someone in your family who you don't get along with...it doesn't matter. See if you can find what they're purpose is in your life, in light of this parable. Can you remember who they really are?
The Little Soul and the Sun: part 2
There is a second half to the parable. Here it is:
"You may choose to be any Part of God you wish to be," I said to the Little Soul. "You are Absolute Divinity, experiencing Itself. What Aspect of Divinity do you now wish to experience as You?"
"You mean I have a choice?" asked the Little Soul. And I answered, "Yes. You may choose to experience any Aspect of Divinity in, as, and through you."
"Okay," said the Little Soul, "then I choose Forgiveness. I want to experience my Self as that Aspect of God called Complete Forgiveness."
Well, this created a little challenge as you can imagine.
There was no one to forgive. All I have created is Perfection and Love.
"No one to forgive?" asked the Little Soul, somewhat incredulously.
"No on," I repeated. "Look around you. Do you see any souls less perfect, less wonderfull than you?"
At this the Little Soul twirled around, and was suprised to see himself surrounded by all the souls in heaven. They had come from far and wide throughout the Kingdom, because they heard that the Little Soul hwas having and extraordinary conversation with God.
"I see none less perfect than I!" the Little Soul exclaimed. "Who, then, shall I have to forgive?"
Just then, another soul stepped forward from the crowd. "You may forgive me," said this Friendly Soul.
"For what?" the Little Soul asked.
"I will come into your next physical lifetime and do something for you to forgive," replied the Friendly Soul.
"But what? What could you, a being of such Perfect Light, do to make me want to forgive you?" the Little Soul wanted to know.
"Oh," smiled the Friendly Soul, "I'm sure we can think of something."
"But why would you want to do this?" The Little Soul could not figure out why a being of such perfection would want to slow down its vibration so much that it could actually do something "bad."
"Simple," the Friendly Soul explained, "I would do it because I love you. You want to experience your Self as Forgiving, don't you? Besides, you've done the same for me?"
"I have?" asked the Little Soul.
"Of course. Don't you remember? We've been All Of It, you and I. We've been the Up and the Down of it, and the Left and the Right of it. We've been the Here and the There of it, and the Now and the Then of it. We've been the Big and the Small of it, the Male and the Female of it, the Good and the Bad of it. We've all been the All of It.
"And we've done it by agreement, so that each of us might experience ourselves as The Grandest Part of God. For we have understood that...
"In the absence of that which You Are Not, that Which You ARE, is NOT."
"In the absence of 'cold,' you cannot be 'warm.' In the absence of 'sad,' you cannot be 'happy,' without a thing called 'evil,' the experience you call 'good' cannot exist.
If you choose to be a thing, something or someone opposite to that has to show up somewhere in your universe to make that possible."
The Friendly Soul then explained that those people are God's Special Angles, and these are the conditions of God's Gifts.
"I ask only one thing in return," the Friendly Soul declared.
"Anything! Anything!" the Little Soul cried. He was excited now to know that he could experience every Divine Aspect of God. He understood, now, The Plan.
"In the moment that I strick you and smite you," said the Friendly Sould, "in the moment that I do the worst to you that you could ever imagine - in that self-same moment...remember Who I Really Am."
"Oh, I won't forget!" promised the Little Soul. "I will see you in the perfection with which I hold you now, and I will remember Who You Are, always."
_____________
This ends the parable, but I want to include the next two paragraphs from the book to really sum it up
--------------
That is...that is an extraordinary story, and incredible parable.
And the promise of the Little Soul is the promise I make to you. That is what is unchanging. Yet have you, My Little Soul, kept this promise to others?
No. I'm sad to say I have not.
Do not be sad. Be happy to notice what is true, and be joyous in your decision to live a new truth. For god is a work in progress, and so are you. And remember this always: If you saw you as God sees you, you would smile a lot.
So go now and see each other as Who You Really Are.
Observe. Observe. Observe.
I have told you - the major difference between you and highly evolved beings is that highly evolved beings observe more.
If you wish to increase the speed with which you are evolving, seek to observe more.
-------------
From Conversations with God book 3 by Neale Donald Walsch, page 347 paperback edition
Homework: Choose 2 people in your life who you are not the most fond of. This could be someone who treats you poorly at school/work, someone in your family who you don't get along with...it doesn't matter. See if you can find what they're purpose is in your life, in light of this parable. Can you remember who they really are?
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